€5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-26-2025 18:17 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Amsellem	725,000 50,000	50,000

Dario Pieruzzini	520,000 114,000	114,000
Hugo Gotuzzo	430,000
Javier Zarco	400,000 232,000	232,000
Firoz Mangroe	400,000 43,000	43,000
Joao Webber	400,000 35,000	35,000
Danilo Ramos	360,000 52,000	52,000
Kelvin Kerber	350,000 320,000	320,000
Adnan Dahic	350,000 286,000	286,000

Shahar Flips Out Pichierri

Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Ran Shahar had opened from the button and then called the shove of Alessandro Pichierri, who moved all in from the small blind for around 45,000.

Alessandro Pichierri: A♦J♠ All in
Ran Shahar: 6♠6♣

Pichierri had to win a flip to stay alive, but found no help on the 4♥Q♠8♣ flop. A 6♦ on the turn sealed Pichierri's fate as he was drawing dead, with the meaningless K♠ filling out the board on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Shahar	310,000 210,500	210,500
Alessandro Pichierri	Busted

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Ran Shahar

08-26-2025 18:14 UTC+2

Naydenov Finds Aces at the Right Time

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Simeon Naydenov got his stack of around 80,000 into the middle from the button, with Juan Vecino trying to bust him out of the hijack.

Simeon Naydenov: A♣A♠ All in
Juan Vecino: 6♣6♦

Vecino needed to come from way behind to crack the aces of Naydenov and send him home earlier than he would have liked.

The J♠5♦7♦K♣5♣ runout was produced by the dealer, providing no sweat for Naydenov's bullets and he earned the double-up at the expense of Vecino.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Vecino	200,000 170,000	170,000
Simeon Naydenov	170,000 47,500	47,500

Tags: Juan Vecino Simeon Naydenov

08-26-2025 18:11 UTC+2

A Massive Pot with Kings for Van de Riet

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Igor Pihela Jr., on the button, was all in and at risk for a bit more than 200,000 against Tim van de Riet, who had a bigger stack in the big blind.

Igor Pihela Jr.: A♥K♦ All in
Tim van de Riet: K♥K♠

Van de Riet, with kings, kept the lead all the way through the board of 3♦9♠9♥6♥7♦ to eliminate Pihela and reach 455,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim van de Riet	455,000 215,000	215,000
Igor Pihela Jr.	Busted

Tags: Igor Pihela Jr Tim van de Riet

08-26-2025 18:06 UTC+2

Sitbon Pays in Full to See Sethi's Boat

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With 45,000 in the middle on a completed board of Q♥5♣5♥6♦J♠, Julien Sitbon was deep in the tank facing a shove for 50,000 from Vidur Sethi.

Sitbon, who was seated in middle position, began staring at his neighbor in the hijack, trying to get a read. After thinking for a long time, Sitbon put in the call.

Sethi turned over the nut full house with Q♣Q♠, and Sitbon was forced to reveal that he had hero-called with 6♠4♠ for just a pair of sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	290,000
Vidur Sethi	150,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Julien Sitbon Vidur Sethi

08-26-2025 18:04 UTC+2

Panka Doesn't Get Fooled

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The action was picked up on a board of J♦A♦9♣K♦A♣ after Dominik Panka in middle position bet 22,000 and was raised to 65,000 by Nolan Madene in the big blind.

It took a few seconds for Panka to calmly call with A♠J♠ for a full house. Madene had A♥7♣ and seemed to replay the hand in his mind while Panka was scooping the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Panka	235,000 191,000	191,000

Nolan Madene	55,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Dominik Panka Nolan Madene

08-26-2025 18:03 UTC+2

Cheng Clicks Buttons

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Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Gonzalo Mencia opened to 6,000 in the cutoff, and Xiao Cheng three-bet to 10,500 in the big blind. Mencia called.

Cheng sized down to 3,500 on the 10♦9♠2♠ flop and Mencia called. Cheng then bet 7,000 on the 7♦ turn, and Mencia again called.

Cheng checked on the 6♥ river, and Mencia checked back. Cheng could only show king-high with K♥5♥ as Mencia showed Q♣9♣ to win the pot with a pair of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gonzalo Mencia	170,000 13,000	13,000
Xiao Cheng	40,000 500	500

Tags: Xiao Cheng Gonzalo Mencia

08-26-2025 18:00 UTC+2

Laurila Flops an Ace to Crack Yang's Cowboys

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Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A huge pot was brewing between Tero Laurila and Chongxian Yang.

The action was picked up with Yang having 48,000 laid out in front of him from the cutoff. It was back on Laurila, who had moved all in for 184,500 from middle position, and after rechecking his cards, Yang called.

Tero Laurila: A♥K♥ All in
Chongxian Yang: K♠K♦

Yang had a chance to become one of the chip leaders, and would be if the board ran clean. Instead of moving up the counts, it seemed likely that Yang would plummet as the 4♠5♥A♣ flop gave Laurila a pair of aces.

A 2♣ on the turn did bring around some chop outs as any three would put a straight on board, but the 5♦ river changed nothing, and Laurila scored the big double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tero Laurila	380,000 342,500	342,500
Chongxian Yang	140,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Chongxian Yang Tero Laurila

08-26-2025 17:52 UTC+2

Sow Rivers a Straight

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 2♥10♣Q♣, Kalidou Sow in middle position bet 6,000 and was called by Aleksejs Ponakovs in the big blind.

Both players checked the 3♦ turn, leading to the J♦ river, where Ponakovs took the lead.

Sow raised to 24,500 and Ponakovs snap-called, only to discover that Sow hit a straight on the river with A♦K♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	175,000 101,500	101,500
Kalidou Sow	140,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Kalidou Sow

08-26-2025 17:48 UTC+2

Top Ten Stacks After Final Break

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Amsellem	675,000 85,000	85,000

Marc Bougaret	452,000 152,000	152,000
Anton Suarez	450,000 77,500	77,500

Martin Nielsen	448,500 48,500	48,500

Firoz Mangroe	443,000 43,000	43,000
Joao Webber	435,000 155,000	155,000
Hugo Gotuzzo	430,000 306,500	306,500
Patricio Mercini	420,000 329,000	329,000
Fabio Peluso	420,000
Dario Pieruzzini	406,000 272,000	272,000